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Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star...

Author Biography

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels 'Neverwhere' (1995), 'Stardust' (1999), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning 'American Gods' (2001), 'Anansi Boys' (2005), and 'Good Omens' (with Terry Pratchett, 1990), as well as the short story collections 'Smoke and Mirrors' (1998) and 'Fragile Things' (2006). His screenwriting credits include the original BBC TV series of 'Neverwhere' (1996), Dave McKean's first feature film, 'Mirrormask' (2005), and the Doctor Who episode 'The Doctor's Wife' (2011). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards. A radio adaptation of Neverwhere was broadcast in March 2013, adapted by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra. In September 2014, Gaiman and Terry Pratchett joined forces with BBC Radio 4 to make the first ever dramatisation of their co-penned novel Good Omens.